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The problem with corporate banners and billboards welcoming the
The problem with corporate banners and billboards welcoming the Popes visit is that for many, it seems self serving. They have budgets to put the Pop...

Celebrating the new year and our approaching 40th year together
Celebrating the new year and our approaching 40th year together seemed like a dinner splurge was appropriate. So Jonathan and I put on our casual bes...

I must tell you about this funny guy lets call Jorge. Hes the
I must tell you about this funny guy lets call Jorge. Hes the senior waiter at Ciutat Mondial, one of the best tapa places in Barcelona. He was hap...

I heard the accordion echoing in the metro. I remembered an album
I heard the accordion echoing in the metro. I remembered an album with the black and white cover of a famous player smiling with his instrument and th...

The Garry Winogrand restrospective at the Jeu Du Paume Gallery in
The Garry Winogrand restrospective at the Jeu Du Paume Gallery in the Tuilleries is the first of its kind ever for someone who died too early and left...

As a Picasso-file, it was a treat to visit the finally renovated
As a Picasso-file, it was a treat to visit the finally renovated Picasso Museum in Paris after many years of stalls and inside conflicts and the like....

THE BONUS There was a bonus to opening an
THE BONUS There was a bonus to opening an exhibition in Spain. Seven old classmates came from the United States and the Philippines t...